> I still don't quite understand his weird obsession with population size I don't know the author's reasoning since it's not included but IMO, a greater popula

> I still don't quite understand his weird obsession with population size I don't know the author's reasoning since it's not included but IMO, a greater population is valuable because it means more ideas and more chances for diversity. (especially with the vast distances of space) Of course, this reasoning and I'm pretty sure your views resonate with the famous Stephen J. Gould quote: > I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.